A) To ensure peaceful changing of government B) Strengthening the powers of the political parties C) Creating more political parties D) Uniting the people
A) Government B) Civil service commission C) Electoral commission D) Civil service union
A) Organize political conferences B) Punish political opponents C) Allow the public to have freedon D) To know the people's opinions about its activities
A) Nominates candidates B) Arrange for the conduction of election C) Appoint chief of staff D) Support parties
A) Primary election B) Referendum C) Bye- election D) General election
A) Acts B) Orders C) Bye laws D) Decrees
A) Secret balloting B) Plebiscite C) Referendum D) Double voting
A) Divide the people in order to rule them B) Bring government nearer to the people C) Give more powers to the traditional rulers D) Promotes local chiefs
A) Ministers B) Act of parliaments C) Governors D) Board of directors
A) Mai B) Waziri C) Oba D) Emir
A) Nationalism B) Colonialism C) Imperialism D) Federalism
A) Africa independence B) Investing surplus capital C) Religious reasons D) Geographical importance
A) Formal and informal B) Positive and negative C) Legal and illicit D) Upper and lower
A) David Kwame B) Richard Nkrumah C) Chinua Achebe D) Kwame Nkrumah
A) Political control B) Neo-colonialism C) Colonialism D) Feudalism
A) Creation of large political unit B) Development of political parties C) Introduction of money curency D) Economic dependence and exploitation
A) Authority B) Indirect rule C) Policy of assimilation D) Rule of law
A) Direct rule B) Rule of law C) Administration policy D) Policy of assimilation
A) The abolition of first class and second class citizens B) Dethronement of the traditional rulers C) Indigenat policy D) Abolition of people's culture
A) 1970 B) 1817 C) 1770 D) 1917
A) The Executive Council B) The Legislative Council C) Proclamation D) The Cabinet Member
A) Shehu Shagari B) David John C) Richard Bourdillon D) John Richard
A) 1939 and 1954 B) 1939 and 1944 C) 1925 and 1930 D) 1935 and 1940
A) Bi-cameral legislature B) Legislative powers C) Regionalism D) Independence of the Judiciary
A) Political and National conscious B) Court of Appeals C) A broad based Constitution D) Inspiration
A) Board of Directors B) The Chief Commissioners C) The Three provinces D) Council of ministers
A) The motion for self government B) Kano riot of 1953 C) Dominated by illiterates D) Veto power
A) Independent Constitution B) MacPherson Constitution C) Richard Constitution D) Clifford Constitution
A) 1 president and 4 unofficial member B) 1 president and 2 officials members C) 1 president and 5 officials members D) 1 speaker (as president) and 3 ex-officials members
A) Parliamentary system. B) Appointment of ministers C) Executive power D) Census figures
A) Due to the interpretation of 1/4 of the vote cast in 2/3 of all the states in the Federation B) Over the disputes on the conduct of the election C) Because educated Nigerians did not approve who received the number of votes D) Because one of the candidates was declared elected when the result for one of the states had not been received
A) Herbert Macaulay B) Lateef Jakande C) Aminu Kano D) Obafemi Awolowo
A) Nigeria National Democratic Party B) National Council of Nigeria Citizens C) Action Group D) Northern People's Congress
A) Provided for equal representation between the North and South B) Abolished the practice of nominating some members of parliament C) Provided for a division of functions between the centre and the component units D) Created the post of a Prime Minister
A) Dr. Micheal Okpara B) Ernest Okoli C) Herbert Macaulay D) Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe
A) It involves rioting between Igbos and Hausas B) The police couldn't arrest the rioters, thus nobody was charged to court C) Many innocent lives were lost D) It was the first outbreak of violence between the major political parties
A) Dr. C. Vaughan B) Nnamdi Azikiwe C) Samuel Akinsanya D) Ernest Ikoli
A) United Middle Belt Congress B) Northern People's Congress C) Nigeria National Democratic Party D) Jamiyya People's Party
A) The first political party in Western state B) A cultural association that sought the unity of the Yorubas C) A political party that fought the British D) An association that teamed up with the NYM to fight the NCNC
A) 1944 B) 1951 C) 1936 D) 1923
A) Any components part can secede at any time B) Citizens cannot be taxed by both State and federal government C) Each state can develop at its own pace D) Citizens can only be loyal to the state government
A) Ambition of some politicians to secure Independence from British by force B) Weakness of 1946 Richard Constitution C) Humiliation of Northern legislators in Lagos D) Existence of regionally based political parties
A) Canvass for votes B) Organize elections C) Form a government D) Educate the electorate
A) Enfranchisement B) Sovereignty C) Decolonization D) Independence
A) The law does not respect the people B) There is inequality between the executive and the citizens C) Everybody can do what he likes D) No one citizens can sue the other
A) Founder of the National Congress of British West Africa B) First Nigerian to found a political party C) Co-founder of the National Council of Nigeria and Camerouns D) Founder of the Nigerian National Democratic Party
A) The British Prime Minister B) The Queen of England C) Sir James Robertson D) Oliver Lyttleton
A) The prime minister was nominated by the Executive Council B) The prime minister ceased to be Head of State C) The Governor-general's office as the representative of the Queen was abolished D) The cabinet was no longer responsible to the Legislature
A) Chief Obafemi Awolowo B) Sir Ahmadu Bello C) Nnamdi Azikiwe D) Chief Anthony Enahoro
A) 5 B) 7 C) 6 D) 10 |